Goldman Sachs forecast was much more optimistic than the forecast of the Ministry of Economy MAIN Photo: Vex Robotics / Flickr / ( CC by-ND 2.0 ) In the report on the economies of developing markets, Goldman Sachs predicts that in 2018, Russian GDP will grow by 3.3%, in 2019-by 2.9%. The last time the Russian economy grew with similar pace in 2010-2012. The forecast of the Ministry of Economy is much more modest - the department believes that the Russian GDP in 2018 will grow by 2%.

If the US imposes sanctions on Russian government debt, European investors are ready to massively buy Russian OFZs that have fallen in price, a Bloomberg poll showed. But investors themselves do not believe in a scenario with tough sanctions.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the capital amnesty promised to business by Vladimir Putin will take place from March to December 2018. The conditions will be the same as the first amnesty, which took place in 2016, but did not have much success. As part of the amnesty, all Russians who reported to the Federal Tax Service about their foreign accounts and assets will be completely exempt from taxes, administrative and criminal liability for their concealment.

Yesterday, the government published two regulations that allow not to disclose information about transactions with sanctioned companies. This is necessary to protect state-owned companies from sanctions, and in fact will allow you to hide any public procurement .

In Russia, private military companies are going to legalize. The bill, which will legitimize the activities of the famous PMC Wagner, will appear in a month. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC by-SA 3.0 The Russian authorities will again try to legalize the work of private military companies (PMCs) - today the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation, Mikhail Emelyanov, said that the corresponding project will be entered in the lower house within a month.

Kaspersky Lab has detected a dangerous Skygofree Trojan that infects Android devices. With its help, attackers can read WhatsApp correspondence, monitor movements and eavesdrop on conversations. In Kaspersky, the virus is called a "cinematic Trojan" because of its capabilities.

The Ministry of Finance developed a bill under which the amount of accrued penalties should not be more than the debt itself. This is an addition to the pre -election tax amnesty proposed by Putin. The accrual of penalties will stop on the day when their amount will be equal to the amount of tax debt, Kommersant writes with reference to the draft law developed by the Ministry of Finance.

The Federal Tax Service can collect arrears from managers, and the Central Bank requires disclosing data on criminal cases against them. MAIN Photo: pxher.com /cc0 public domain To be a leader in a Russian company can be an even more responsible business. And that's why: At the end of last year, the Constitutional Court confirmed that the company's debts and penalties (except for the fine) may be recovered from company managers.